CONTENTS. 



PART I. — Treatment op Fobests in France Previous to 



THE laSDE OP THE FOREST ORDINANCE OP 1669, 



Chap. I. — Early History of Fojrests, Forest Treatment, 



and Forest Legislation ia France, ... ... 1 



Narrative by M. Cezanne of state of the Forests previous to 

 the Norman invasion (p. 1) ; account by Dr Broch of the 

 Settlement of the Normans in France (p. 3) ; treatment 

 of the Forests by the Normans (p. 8) ; Forest Ordinances 

 of the 13th, 14th, and 16th Centuries (p. 11). 



Chap. II. — Forest Administration in France in the 



First Half of the Seventeenth Century, 13 



Translation of a Manuscript Report, preserved in La Biblio- 

 thique National, by Charles Colbert de Cressy, on the 

 Forests in the Province of Tours (p. 13) ; showing reck- 

 less malversations which had occurred under the Forest- 

 Masters of Tours (p. 14); of Amboise (p .14); Loches (p. 

 15); Montrichard (p. 16); and Chinon (p. 16); and the 

 culpability of men high in rank and office (p. 19). Trans- 

 lation of an account by M. Joubain, Inspector of Forests, 

 of Proceedings by the Government, which followed(p.21). 



^ Chap. III. — Method of Forest Exploitation in France 

 followed till the Middle of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury, and known as Jardinage or Furetage, ... 35 



Account of the method of Exploitation, and explanation of 

 the name (p. 35) ; devastating effects of it on Forests 

 (p. 36). 



Chap. IV. — Method of Forest Exploitation in France 

 enjoined in the Middle of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury, and known as La Methode A Tire et Aire, ... 40 



Import of the name (p. 40) ; a,doption of it in Germany (p. 

 41) ; defects requiring to be remedied (p. 42). 



Chapter V. — Method of Forest Exploitation now fol- 

 io France, and known as La Methods des Compar- 

 timents, ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 



Development into this of La Methode d Tire et Aire (p. 46) ; 

 with a notice of difficulties encountered (p. 46). 



